Champion Trees - Kansas Forest S
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Established on March 10, 1887, KFS is the 5th oldest state forestry agency in the nation Administratively located at Kansas State University in the College of Agriculture Mission Statement: “Care of Natural Resources and Service to People Through Forestry” Programs include Conservation Tree and Shrub Planting, Fire Management, Community Forestry, Rural Forestry, Marketing & Utilization and Forest Health State office is located in Manhattan with 11 district offices spread throughout the state Kansas Forest Service Tree Species:__________________ Circumference:________________ Height:_______________________ Crown Spread:________________ Total Points:__________________ Measured By:_________________ Date:________________________ Comments:___________________ For more information or to nominate a tree visit our website: www.kansasforests.org Or contact Darci Paull GIS Specialist, Kansas Forest Service a: 2610 Claflin Rd. Manhattan, KS 66502 e: [email protected] p: 785-532-3312 Champion Trees National and Kansas Register State Champion Bur Oak Pottawatomie County National Champion Western Soapberry Johnson County State Champion Eastern White Pine Leavenworth County
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Established on March 10, 1887, KFS is the 5th oldest state forestry agency in the nation
Administratively located at Kansas State University in the College of Agriculture
Mission Statement: “Care of Natural Resources and Service to People Through Forestry”
Programs include Conservation Tree and Shrub Planting, Fire Management, Community Forestry, Rural Forestry, Marketing & Utilization and Forest Health
State office is located in Manhattan with 11 district offices spread throughout the state
Kansas Forest Service Tree Species:__________________
Circumference:________________
Height:_______________________
Crown Spread:________________
Total Points:__________________
Measured By:_________________
Date:________________________
Comments:___________________
For more information or to nominate a tree visit our website: www.kansasforests.org
Or contact
Darci Paull
GIS Specialist, Kansas Forest Service
a: 2610 Claflin Rd. Manhattan, KS 66502
p: 785-532-3312
Champion Trees National and Kansas Register
State Champion
Bur Oak
Pottawatomie County
National Champion
Western Soapberry
Johnson County
State Champion
Eastern White Pine
Leavenworth County
How is a Champion Tree determined?
A champion tree is the largest tree of a species
National Register
www.americanforests.org
700+ species
Established in 1940
Sponsored by The Davey Tree Expert Company
Kansas Register
www.kansasforests.org
130+ species
State Champion
White Mulberry
Douglas County
What is a Champion Tree?
Total points = Circumference + Height + (crown spread/4)
Circumference
Measured in inches (1 inch = 1 point)
Measured at 4.5 feet high unless otherwise noted
Height
Measured in feet (1 foot = 1 point)
Crown Spread
Measured in feet (1 foot = 0.25 point)
First measurement is the distance from one end of branches to the other end
Second measurement is the same distance perpendicular to the original measurement
The two measurements are averaged for the crown spread and then divided by four
Why are the Champion Tree Registers important?
State Champion
White Fir
Wyandotte County
State Champion
Dwarf Chinkapin Oak
Brown County
Honoring large and resilient trees
Increasing awareness of a variety of tree species
Developing interest in the natural world
Preservation and protection of big trees for both historical and scientific interests
Celebrating the legacy of the Wye Oak of Wye Mills, MD
